From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Dec 10 14:14:20 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [216.33.66.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3FA937B417 for ; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 14:14:15 -0800 (PST) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1192) id 72F9181D01; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 16:14:10 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 16:14:10 -0600 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Hiten Pandya Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [SUGGESTION] - JFS for FreeBSD Message-ID: <20011210161410.L92148@elvis.mu.org> References: <20011210220153.50612.qmail@web21102.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011210220153.50612.qmail@web21102.mail.yahoo.com>; from hitmaster2k@yahoo.com on Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 02:01:53PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Hiten Pandya [011210 16:02] wrote: > hi all, > > this is a wild idea...suggestion... > > i wanted to ask if there were any _plans_ to port > JFS (Journaled File System) to FreeBSD... > > as for JFS, it is developed by IBM for Linux and > is licensed under GPL, so we could put this into > src/gnu/ > > It is used on IBM MainFrames and Enterprise servers > for > high performance and maximum throughput... I'm glad you took the time to read the marketting literature. The problem is that porting it is going to be a bit more complicated than just dumping it into src/gnu. Feel free to take a shot at porting it though, let us know when you're done. -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' http://www.morons.org/rants/gpl-harmful.php3 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message